Prince’s PF Premo is Unanimous Grand Champion Stallion With Dewey Smith at 2014 QH Congress

By: Brittany Bevis

Chester and Ann Prince’s 3-year-old stallion, PF Premo, dominated his division of halter classes today at the 2014 All American Quarter Horse Congress winning his age division unanimously and then being crowned the Open Grand Champion Stallion, also by unanimous decision.

Last year, PF Premo was the Amateur Grand Champion Stallion and the Open Reserve Grand Champion Stallion here at the Congress. Coming into 2014, that one last hurdle to overcome wasn’t lost on Dewey Smith as he entered the pen this afternoon once again for the Grand and Reserve class.

“You always think about that, and he’s had a couple of hurdles to get over in the open,” Smith says. “It was really different being unanimous. To be unanimous is kind of unheard of. Then, if you remember, back when I showed his full brother, PF Credibly Supreme, I was unanimous Grand with him also. I really don’t know how I feel about that… It hasn’t really sunk in, but it’s unreal.”

Both PF Premo and his late brother, PF Credibly Supreme, are by MH Supremo and out of a mare named Ima Credible Miss, a cross that’s worked considerably well for Prince Farm, LLC.

“They’re both really good-minded horses and both enjoyed going to the horse show and showing; in that, they remind me of each other,” he says. “I believe this is a better horse than his brother, and I’ve said that since the very beginning. He had big shoes to fill, but at this stage, he has won three World Championships, two Reserves, and went Grand at the Congress in the Amateur and the Open.”

“I think it’s his structure [that sets him above]. He’s so pretty-headed, small-eared, and the expression he gives out over his face helps a lot. He’s structurally correct and, when you put that on a pretty, lean neck, it’s tough for anyone to beat.”

Following the Congress, PF Premo will be headed to the AQHA World Show in November, and then it’s on to the breeding shed in 2015. This young stallion’s first foal crop will be on the ground starting in January.

“Obviously, I want [him to pass on] his conformation and mass, but I really hope he passes on his disposition,” Smith says. “He is the easiest horse you’ve ever been around. I could go to his stall right now, without a halter, and set him up.”

For trainers, Dewey and Tami Michelle Smith, who split their time between the sunny skies of Florida and the open plains of Oklahoma, they feel very blessed to have the opportunity to work with Chester and Ann Prince.

“I feel like we were very fortunate coming to work for Ann and Chester, because they had the foundation of the breeding program in place,” he says. “Then, all I did was enhance the showing part. We were fortunate to come into that situation. They give us all the tools and then let us do our thing. It’s been a really good partnership between us.”

The Reserve Grand Champion Stallion was Ecredible with Tom Robertson at the lead.